Heartland

davedecay wrote:I've got the CNT BE and a turntable. Need a FLAC rip?

yes please.....actually the pressing question is the exact length as debated above. however a flac rip means we can all compare it ourselves and would be much appreciated.
thank you in advance

A good needledrop would be the final piece of the puzzle.

This thread is evolving.

robertzombie wrote:A good needledrop would be the final piece of the puzzle.

I can provide the tsnp vinyl version if anyone is interested, it will take a few days although

Looks like 4:20 to me.

starting with lossy, here's 320 kbps LAME MP3
https://app.box.com/s/7szdy0yqbi8ypq6gp2ogsg967v20t8a4

now here's the FLAC version
https://app.box.com/s/vybyac10gw1grf8g43655a675ve1w7nd

these both have very light ClickRepair filters run on the source WAV.

if wanted I can share the unfiltered version in a 96/24 FLAC for you purists.

Thankee Dave; same fade as on SGWBM then. Rob can do the sonic analysis.

TSNP vinyl rip for completeness sake would probably be useful.

Thanks Dave, I'm looking forward to listening to your needledrop. So, the 7" has the same fade as SGWBM? I guess that adds further evidence to my claim that SGWBM uses a needledrop, and makes the CNT compilation even more special for including the unique ending. It also means that CNT probably used the master tape in order to get that ending.

24/96 would be great. What equipment did you use, Dave?

Denon quartz dp-23f turntable
Pioneer vsx-3900s receiver
RCA cables to 1/8" stereo
Macbook Pro Core Duo under 10.6.8
Audacity 2.0.6
Caputured as 32-bit float at 96,000 Hz
Exported as custom WAV 24 bit file

also exported as standard 44/16 WAV for ClickRepair filtering
reopened in Audacity then exported as LAME CBR 320 Kbps MPEG-2 layer 3 file

davedecay wrote:Denon quartz dp-23f turntable
Pioneer vsx-3900s receiver
RCA cables to 1/8" stereo
Macbook Pro Core Duo under 10.6.8
Audacity 2.0.6
Caputured as 32-bit float at 96,000 Hz
Exported as custom WAV 24 bit file

also exported as standard 44/16 WAV for ClickRepair filtering
reopened in Audacity then exported as LAME CBR 320 Kbps MPEG-2 layer 3 file

Nice.
FYI: Clickrepair can handle high resolution files and it should be those files that you run through, not the dithered 16/44 ones. Once you dither you should make no alterations to the audio as you risk running into audible quantisation artefacts

Thanks Dave.

Aha, so my cassette of the single must be sourced from the CNT compilation then as it has the full ending.

Here are the relevant tracks from the CNT CD, alac: https://www.sendspace.com/file/9drtof

robertzombie wrote:Here are the relevant tracks from the CNT CD

Thanks. Top Man.

Thanks indeed, for the very interesting thread and for the treats!

@robertzombie has very kindly posted the TSNP CD version of BE on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=05neDjjWEKA

There are some other Sisters bits on my YouTube channel too Not entirely sure if we can youtube links here but do feel free to peruse

More to come!

Still can't get over how much of an improvement there is on these CNT tracks. I wish someone would locate all the masters and do a proper Sisters reissue project, 80-85!

robertzombie wrote:There are some other Sisters bits on my YouTube channel too Not entirely sure if we can youtube links here but do feel free to peruse

More to come!

Thanks again ! Your high quality needle drops of the WEA 12" singles on YT are great. It's fantastic to hear those tracks not yet digitally released more like how intended them to sound.

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:

robertzombie wrote:There are some other Sisters bits on my YouTube channel too Not entirely sure if we can youtube links here but do feel free to peruse

More to come!

Thanks again ! Your high quality needle drops of the WEA 12" singles on YT are great. It's fantastic to hear those tracks not yet digitally released more like how intended them to sound.

Fully seconded! ... ...

Has anyone else noticed the tape drop-out on Body Electric before? Much more pronounced on the TSNP upload.

Check 3:54

Gaijin wrote:Has anyone else noticed the tape drop-out on Body Electric before? Much more pronounced on the TSNP upload.

Check 3:54

Oh wow. That's new to me but it certainly is there and quite noticeable now that you mention it.